contrivance

con·triv·ance
/ kənˈtrīvəns/
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n.
a thing that is created skillfully and inventively to serve a particular purpose:
an assortment of electronic equipment and mechanical contrivances. ∎
the use of skill to bring something about or create something:
the requirements of the system, by happy chance and some contrivance, can be summed up in an acronym. ∎
a device, esp. in literary or artistic composition, that gives a sense of artificiality.

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